Evening Standard British Film Award / Peter Sellers Prize
Evening Standard British Film Award : Peter Sellers Prize
The Peter Sellers Award ( Peter Sellers Award for Comedy ) is a film award, the honor of the late actor since 1981 Peter Sellers as part of the presentation of the Evening Standard British Film Awards is awarded. It honors outstanding films and actors, as well as screenwriters and directors of comedies. The most common winners are Bill Forsyth , Bill Nighy and Hugh Grant , who each won the award twice. In 2009, Sally Hawkins was the first woman to receive this award.
| year | Award winners | Movie title | German distribution title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |
Leonard Rossiter (Actor) |
Rising Damp | not known |
| 1982 |
Bill Forsyth (director and screenplay) |
Gregory's Girl | Gregory's girl |
| 1983 |
Michael Blakemore (Director) |
A Personal History of the Australian Surf | not known |
| 1984 |
Bill Forsyth (director and screenplay) |
Local Hero | Local Hero |
| 1985 |
Denholm Elliott (Actor) |
Trading Places | The adventurers |
| 1986 |
Michael Palin (Actor) |
A private function | Lean times - the movie with the pig |
| 1987 |
John Cleese (Actor) |
Clockwise | Clockwise - Right, Mr. Stimpson |
| 1988 |
David Leland (director and screenplay) |
Wish You Were Here Personal Services |
Wish You Were Here - I wish you were here Personal Service |
| 1989 |
Charles Crichton (Director) |
A Fish Called Wanda | A fish called Wanda |
| 1990 |
Mike Leigh (Director and Screenplay) |
High hopes | High expectations |
| 1991 |
Robbie Coltrane (Actor) |
Nuns on the run | Nuns on the run |
| 1992 |
Dick Clement Roddy Doyle Ian La Frenais (writer) |
The Commitments | The commitments |
| 1993 | - | Peter's Friends | Peter's Friends |
| 1994 |
Les Blair (Director and Screenplay) |
Bad behavior | not known |
| 1995 |
Hugh Grant (Actor) |
Four Weddings and a Funeral | Four weddings and one death |
| 1996 |
Peter Chelsom (director and screenplay) |
Funny bones | Funny Bones - Deadly jokes |
| 1997 |
Mark Herman (Director and Screenplay) |
Brassed Off | Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets |
| 1998 |
Antony Sher (Actor) |
Mrs. Brown | Your Majesty Mrs. Brown |
| 1999 |
Bill Nighy (Actor) |
Still crazy | Still crazy |
| 2000 | - | Notting Hill | Notting Hill |
| 2001 |
Peter Lord Nick Park (director and screenplay) |
Chicken Run | Chicken Run - hens run |
| 2002 |
Hugh Grant (Actor) |
Bridget Jones's Diary | Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast |
| 2003 |
Keith Fulton Louis Pepe (Director) |
Lost in La Mancha | Lost in La Mancha |
| 2004 |
Bill Nighy (Actor) |
Love Actually | Indeed ... love |
| 2005 |
Simon Pegg (Actor) |
Shaun of the Dead | Shaun of the Dead |
| 2006 |
Tom Hollander (Actor) |
Pride & Prejudice | Pride and Prejudice |
| 2007 |
Sacha Baron Cohen (Actor) |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan |
Borate |
| 2008 | Prize not awarded | ||
| 2009 |
Sally Hawkins (actress) |
Happy-Go-Lucky | Happy-Go-Lucky |
| 2010 |
Sacha Baron Cohen (Actor) |
Brüno | Brüno |
| 2011 |
Roger Allam (Actor) |
Tamara Drewe | Always a drama about Tamara |
| 2012 |
John Michael McDonagh (Director and Screenplay) |
The Guard | The Guard - An Irishman sees black |
| 2013 |
Ben Wheatley (Director) |
Sightseers | Sightseers |